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Nexus One: Where is Android at?

ruadhan — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:02:30 +0000

With the announcement of the new GooglePhone, which promises to be the best Android device yet and by all early reports at least comparable with the iPhone 3GS, it seems appropriate to stop to take a look around to see where Android is at.

We start with the breakdown of Android Platform distribution, based on access to the Android Market.

Android versions (Source: http://developer.android.com)

DeviceAtlas - Now with C++ & Apache Module

daniel.hunt — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:22:17 +0000

Here at dotMobi we're paying attention to what you, our users, customers and loyal followers want.
And something we've noticed about your comments and emails, is that one of the most important things about device detection is performance.

Well, in answer to the floods of emails from our regulars, we're delighted to announce the release of an official C++ API implementation, and an Apache Module!

Free iPhone Programming PDF

ruadhan — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:11:28 +0000

Hopefully you've been enjoying our series of iPhone articles over previous weeks.The topics recently covered in this series have looked at both developing native apps with Xcode, and developing webapps with Dashcode. Xcode and Dashcode are two IDEs supplied with the iPhone SDK.

Now you can get a PDF download that covers both of these approaches to programming for iPhone in one handy document. The content has been arranged (by Wei-Meng Lee) into two practical 'Labs', and is ideal if you are just starting out and want a chance to dip your toe into both approaches. And did I mention it's FREE...?

The Beauty of Mobile Device Data

ronan — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:13:52 +0000

Recently at dotMobi we have been investigating how to make our DeviceAtlas device detection even better, while at the same time trying to keep the size of the distributable database as compact as possible. As some of you may know, DeviceAtlas uses a tree of data stored in a very compact JSON file to distribute our device data knowledge. The actual format of this JSON file is a Patricia tree organised around the user-agent strings of the devices that we have data about.

Verizon Wireless opens up to the mobile developer community (for real)!

Ronan_Mandel — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:58:47 +0000

Late last month, Verizon Wireless held an open developer conference down here in San Jose. The conference was notable, important, and relevant to you for a number of reasons.

Mobile Web 2.0 "Dramatic Developments" from AT&T Really not all that dramatic....

Ronan_Mandel — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:50:20 +0000

Well, I'm sad to report that the folks over/up/down at AT&T wireless appear to not quite have their act together when it comes to what is the 'next big thing' in wireless. I had really been hoping/anticipating that the webinar they hosted on June 30 entitled "Dramatic Developments in Mobile Web Technology" was going to provide something concrete and actionable for you (and I), alas, that was not to be the case.

Convergence still 'coming soon' for mobile web platforms

Ronan_Mandel — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:37:40 +0000

So honestly, when I went into writing the last couple of postings about widget platforms I did not know about the webinars that had been scheduled by the folks at FierceWireless or AT&T about browsing platforms, but it's comforting to know that I'm not the only one trying to get my head around exactly what is and what isn't possible (and where things are headed) in the browser container and beyond.

User-Agent Switcher for Safari 4

atrasatti — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:57:26 +0000

The User Agent Switcher plug-in for Firefox has been a GREAT add-on and we all love it. 1 year and 27 weeks ago Ronan wrote a really simple, but useful configuration file for it that is available here on mobiForge (if you use Firefox it's a MUST: User Agent Switcher config file).

Are Widgets ready for me?

Ronan_Mandel — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:51:39 +0000

OK, so getting back to the widget reality here. I'd like to take a look at what the platforms are, what your options are and if it's really even worth it to go there. I know that last time I got a bit distracted with the whole 'sprite' thing, but I promise to stay on track here.

DeviceAtlas 2.4.1 Released

daniel.hunt — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:01:39 +0000

Late yesterday evening, some of you may have noticed that DeviceAtlas went offline for a couple of hours - now that it's back on its feet again I can tell you that DeviceAtlas 2.4.1 has now been released!

2.4.1 is mainly a maintainence release, but we've managed to squeeze in a few exciting little nuggets that we're sure you're going to love.

New Properties
- markup.wml1: This will let you know the capability of devices to display content in WML